2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 40. Labor
§40-57. Enforcement - Rules and regulations.

It shall be the duty of the Administrator and/or Director to enforce the provisions of this act. When informed of any violation thereof it shall be his duty to investigate same, and he may institute criminal proceedings for enforcement of this act, or apply to any court of competent jurisdiction and/or the Attorney General in order to seek injunctive relief on behalf of the State of Oklahoma. In order to make more effective the foregoing statutory provisions and rules and regulations, the Administrator is hereby authorized to prepare and promulgate such rules and regulations as may from time to time be deemed necessary, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act. A violation of such rules and regulations shall be deemed to be a violation of this act, and any person convicted of violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or the fee charged for the service, whichever is greater, for each offense, or be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not exceeding six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.

Laws 1967, c. 384, § 6, emerg. eff. May 23, 1967; Laws 1974, c. 62, § 3.